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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Epicurus

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Drink Eat Look
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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Concern Death Existence Life
Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Absence Death Element Sensation
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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Life Nature Opinion People Philosophy Poor Rich Shape
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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Delay Old Philosophy Study Young
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Death Life Philosophy
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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Adversity Challenge Courage Development Happiness Hard Time Relationship Survival
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
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Couch Fear Freedom Gold Inspirational Rich Table Trouble
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Fear Fools Future Gratitude Life
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Abstract Compact Justice Men
Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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Anticipation Arrive Cause Death Fear Fools Man Pain

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

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